Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station

Immingham (Eastern Jetty)
Location
Place Immingham
Area North East Lincolnshire
Coordinates 53°37′51″N 0°10′55″W / 53.6307°N 0.1819°W / 53.6307; -0.1819Coordinates: 53°37′51″N 0°10′55″W / 53.6307°N 0.1819°W / 53.6307; -0.1819
Grid reference TA203165
Operations
Original company Great Central Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
15 May 1912 opened
1939 closed[1][2]
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Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station was a special excursion station built along the port's eastern jetty[3] to cater for traffic to passenger ships which started out on cruises to the North Cape, Norwegian Fjords and the Baltic.

The cruise ships sometimes berthed in the dock itself,[4] but usually they moored at the seaward side of the jetty where they were adjacent to all-First Class, Restaurant Car special trains.[5][6] These operated along two routes:

Originally these trains were hauled by Great Central Railway 4-6-0 locomotives but following grouping in 1922 Great Northern motive power took many of them over.[8]

Visits by such ships drew crowds of sightseers and passed into local folklore, none more so than the vessel SS Arandora Star which was torpedoed in 1940 with heavy loss of life.

The station, in reality not much more than a long wooden platform along the jetty, was only used for the transfer of the passengers and luggage from train to ship and vice versa and so little in the way of facilities was needed or provided.[9]

The cruises, the only traffic, terminated in 1939, just prior to the Second World War. Although the platform remained for some time, the station was effectively closed.

By 2015 the tracks on the jetty had long been lifted, but the structure remained well used, handling oils, spirits, and liquid chemicals.

References

  1. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 127.
  2. ↑ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 88.
  3. ↑ Dow 1965, p. 260.
  4. ↑ Mummery & Butler 1999, p. 95.
  5. ↑ Burgess 2007, p. 21.
  6. ↑ Ludlam 2016, pp. 7 & 28.
  7. ↑ Ludlam 2006, pp. 429-432.
  8. ↑ Ludlam 1996, p. 65.
  9. ↑ Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 88-98.

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